At first the Verbum store did not recognize academic discounts for base packages. Now it does. However, with regard to the Easter deal, something is still broken.
Formerly, when I clicked to add the Easter deal to my cart, the package upgrade (with 15% off) and Free Practicum appeared in my cart. Now, when I click to add the Easter deal to my cart, the full package - not the upgrade - appears in my cart for 30% off and there is no Practicum. So this well-intended website functionality upgrade would (inadvertently) have me paying (in the case of Scripture Study+) several hundred dollars more in order to get less. 
PS: Could we please get a Verbum.com forum? Thanks!
Edit: The issue seems to be more complicated than indicated above. Please note that the above phenomenon occurred when I followed the link from the email.